CPI - Clare People Interactive

In late 2006, Clare People Interactive (CPI) became the
first Irish blog connected to a newspaper to publish extended podcast interview
to accompany article which appeared each week in print. Over the following four
year or so I recorded and edited well over 100 podcast interview - mostly with
Irish and international musicians and authors.

When I wound down the project in 2010 I had accumulated
nearly two days worth of audio podcasts, not to mention a handful of video
podcasts, scores of online album reviews and hosted Ireland's (and maybe the
world's) first (and perhaps only) podcast festival, aka Podfest 2007.

CPI was shortlisted for a Golden Spider Award on three
separate occasions (twice in conjunction with the main Clare People website and
once in its own right), was short listed for a Digital Media Award and was
even nominated for two radio awards (go figure).

This blog is a growing archive of the now defunct CPI site. I am slowly
(painstakingly slowly) uploading all these podcast interview to various audio
clouds and linking them all here - usually also including the text which featured in the original article.

This is slow going. Any of the interviews listed below
with active links (that's the blue ones) can be listened to right now for free. The rest will come in
time. If you spot a particular interview that
you are dying to listen to, please drop me an line to andyhamiltonspuds@gmail.com and
I'll see what I can figure out. Also, if you spot any broken links, or anything that is not as it should be, please do let me know.

Clare People Interactive

Clare People Interactive (CPI) was founded in the late month of 2006 by West of Ireland journalist Andrew Hamilton. The project was a step into the unknown; an attempt to bridge the gap between the old world of print media and the emerging new technologies.At the core of the CPI was a long running series of interviews with Irish and international artists, mostly musicians. These interviews, which appeared first in print and then as free audio podcasts, attempted to provide a richer experience of the subject than had previously been possible in print media. The focus was always on the artist and the work - with journalistic intrusions rare and usually (mercifully) brief.Between 2006 and 2010, Clare People Interactive grew to just shy of 150 audio podcasts. There was also a dozen video podcasts - the Gonzo Nation series - as well as hundreds of album and gig reviews - which have all, sadly, been lost to the Internet.This archive contains the original 146 audio podcasts in their original format. As the series grew, the audio quality and (hopefully) the standard of journalism grew with it.Clare People Interactive is the work of Andrew Hamilton. Eternal thanks to John O'Rourke for his technical support, Noel Barrett for designing the many logos and to Gerry Collison for his optimism and support.This, is Clare People Interactive.